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16516Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Brechlin, Earl
  • Down East Books
  • 2002
Description:
Postcard tour of Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park
16544The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Richardson, Paul
  • 2005
Description:
Copy 1 (for the library) of Paul Richardson's manuscript about Acadia National Park with particular emphasis on the carriage roads and bridges and their construction. Includes a map and pictures and an appendix with a description and technical information on all carriage road bridges. A bibliography and index are included. "A Gift from Paul S. and Dorothy L. Richardson to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society." Fifty copies were given to the Historical Society for distribution locally. [show more]
16554Memorials of Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Isle au Haut
  • Other, Memorial works
  • Other, Schoodic
  • Lenahan, Donald P.
  • 2010
Description:
Guide to memorials, paths, trails, engravings in ANP, including Schoodic and Isle au Haut. Gives geogrphic coordinates.
17021Up From Slavery: an Autobiography
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, African Americans
  • Other, Washington, Booker T.
  • Washington, Booker T.
  • A.L. Burt Co.
  • 1900
17146ABC Book of Early Americana
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Tools and Implements
  • Sloane, Eric
  • Doubleday and Company
  • 1963
Description:
Illustrations of early American tools and articles
17224American Family Farm Antiques
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • Clemens, Terri
  • Krause Publications
  • 1994
12576Identifying Antique Silver
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Silverware
  • Darbyshire, Lydia
  • Chartwell Books
  • 1994
Description:
Guide to identify silver; illustrates and describes 120 pieces of silver, divided by types.
12578Sewing Tools and Trinkets
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Handicraft
  • Other, Sewing
  • Other, Textiles
  • Thompson, Helen Lester
  • Collector Books
  • 1997
12583New England Clocks at Old Sturbridge Village
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Clocks & watches
  • Fennelly, Catherine
  • Old Sturbridge Village
  • (1955).
12587Know Your Antiques
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Kovel, Rolph and Terry
  • Crown
  • 1967
Description:
How to recognize and evaluate any antique--large or small--like an expert. This is a general guide covering paper, glass, furniture, pottery and porcelain, clocks, and more.
12841Kovel’s Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1650 - 1850
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Structures, Factory, Pottery
  • Kovel, Ralph & Terry
  • Crown Publishers
  • 1995
Description:
An identification guide to American, English, and European porcelain arranged by factory marks according to their shapes, e.g., letters or words or by shapes such as animals, circles, etc.
12842Collector’s Encyclopedia of Pattern Glass
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Glassware
  • McCain, Mollie Helen
  • Collector Books
  • 1998
Description:
A guide to identifying early American pressed glass patterns, grouped according to "molded characteristics" such as circles, diamonds, flowers.
12844Sterling Silver Flatware: For Dining Elegance 2nd Edition
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Silverware
  • Osterberg, Richard
  • Schiffer Publishing Co.
  • 1999
Description:
"Serving implements" arranged by category, e.g., teaspoons, butter knives; place pieces, place settings, and serving pieces are shown.
12857Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Glassware
  • McKearin, Helen and George S.
  • Doubleday
  • 1950
Description:
Gives the history of blown glassmaking from colonial days to othe modern period; covers tableware, flasks, molded glass, and more.
12859Early American Decoration
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Antiques
  • Brazer, Esther Stevens
  • Clarence W. Brazer
  • 1947
Description:
Gives information about the techniques of decorating early American furniture, walls, tinware, etc. and also gives instructions about how to do that oneself. Covers stenciling, applying gold leaf, japanning, oil-painted boxes and chests Envelope inside front cover contains cut stencils.
12860The Book of American Clocks
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Clocks & watches
  • Palmer, Brooks
  • MacMillan Company
  • 1950
Description:
Gives background of clock and watch making in America; illustrates types of clocks and watches; gives list of makers and information about them. Also gives a brief history of American timekeeping.
12942Rural New England Furniture: People, Place, and Production
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Furniture
  • Other, New England
  • Benes, Peter, ed.
  • Boston Univ.
  • [1998]
Description:
The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings 1998, a collection of articles on subjects such as "Repairs versus Deception on Essex County Cupboards," "Cabinetmaking Practices...", and about such people as Capt. Abraham Knowlton, William Lloyd, Amzi Chapin; and places such as Worcester County, Mass.; Sterling, Mass.
12959The Collectors’ Encyclopedia of Antiques
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Phillips, Phoebe, ed.
  • Crown Publishers
  • 1973
Description:
Covers arms and armour, bottles and boxes, carpets and rugs, ceramics, clocks, watches and barometers, embroidery and needlework, furniture, glass, jewellery, metalwork, musical instruments, Netsuke and Inro, pewter, scientific instruments, silver, and toys and automata; gives historical and technical information, glossary, maintenance and repair, books for further reading, and list of museum collections for each section
12960Antiquing for Dummies
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Zoglin, Ron and Deborah Shouse
  • IDG Books Worldwide
  • 1999
Description:
Gives auction tips, questions to ask and antique dealer, signs of a valuable antique, flaws to watch out for, and more.
13854Caring for Your Collections
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Baskets
  • Other, Masks
  • Other, Paintings
  • Other, Photographs
  • Other, Textiles
  • Schultz, Arthur W., ed.
  • Harry N. Abrams
  • 1992
Description:
Preserving and protecting collectibles (paintings, stamps, books, photographs, etc.)
17131Caring for Your Family Treasures: Heritage Preservation
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Preservation
  • Jane S. Long and Richard W. Long
  • Harry N. Abrams
  • 2000
17222Kitchen Antiques 1790-1940
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Cookery
  • Other, Kitchens
  • McNerney, Kathryn
  • Collector Books
  • 1991
17228Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Quilting
  • Other, Textiles
  • Trestain, Eileen Jahnke
Description:
Fabric styles throughout the years
17238Early American Pressed Glass
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Glassware
  • Lee, Ruth Webb
  • Ruth Webb Lee
  • 1931
17242American Kitchen: 1700 to the present ; from hearth to high rise.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Cookery
  • Other, History
  • Other, Kitchens
  • Plante, Ellen M.
  • Facts on File
  • 1995